Indholdsfortegnelse for February 2022 i Storytime

“Mummy, I’m starving!” said one. “My stomach is a big empty hole!” said another. “If I don’t get food, I might die!” said a third. Mother sighed and looked in the pantry.She had plenty of eggs, milk and flour. “If I make you some pancakes with honey, will you be quiet?” she asked. The children said they would! They watched eagerly as she mixed the eggs and milk and flour in a bowl, and whisked them into a thick batter. She then ladled some into a sizzling frying pan. The kids gathered around and watched as the batter turned into a lovely fat pancake. “It’s ready to flip now!” said one. “No, it’s ready… now!” said another. When Mother flipped the pancake,there was a chorus of voices. “May I have…

Rolihlahla translates as ‘pulling a branch’ – but it also means ‘troublemaker’ in Xhosa, the language of his people! Rolihlahla’s family was from the Thembu tribe, which dwelled between the high Drakensberg mountains and the Indian Ocean in southern Africa. Rolihlahla’s father was a chief named Gadla, and he was a wise and dignified man with a tuft of white hair on the top of his head. Little Rolihlahla wanted to be just like his father, so he used ash to make a white tuft on top of his head, too! At that time, South Africa was ruled by the British Empire. The British let chiefs like Gadla govern an area for them – but they could take away a chief’s lands, cattle and fortune whenever they felt like it!…

1 MUSHROOM MAZE Arthur and Warren are running away from the Bearded Baron’s dog! Help them find their way back home through the maze of hedges! How many mushrooms can you find on the way? 2 WHAT’S MY NAME? At school, Rolihlahla has written 13 letters on the blackboard. If you rearrange them, they spell out one of his future names. Do you know what it is? 3 MAKE A FAIRY SERPENT CHAIN ASK A GROWN-UP!  Create your own spectacular creature to decorate your room! Just follow these instructions... • You will need the Fairy Serpent template (downloaded from storytimemagazine.com/free), scissors, sticky tape or a glue stick, and crayons or felt tip pens. • Print out the template sheet. You can print out more than one sheet if you want…

Unfortunately, Arthur was inside, doing his homework. He usually liked studying, but today he really wanted to go out and explore instead! “What’s wrong, Arthur?” his mum asked him. “Don’t you want to learn French?” He pulled a face. “I’m bored with memorising all of these words! I’d rather go and play outside…” She smiled and patted him on the head. “I understand. Why don’t we read a story instead? Then you can take your brother for a walk.” She got a book from the shelf. “I have a story here that I think you might like…” “It’s not about pirates, is it?” Arthur asked. “I didn’t like that one. Do you have any stories about ghosts and fairies and goblins?” “This one has something even better than goblins…” His…

One morning, the Old Riddler was sitting outside his little burrow. He had come up with a particularly clever riddle and wanted to try it out on someone! The first person to come along was a barefoot shepherdess, who was guiding her little flock of sheep with a stick. “Hello, young miss!” he said. “How are your animals this morning?” “Very well, sir!” she replied politely. The Old Riddler nodded his wise head and said, “If you have a moment, might I ask you a riddle? It is so tricky that you will never get it!” “Oh yes, I like riddles!” “Very well, then!” the Old Riddler replied. “Where does Friday come before Thursday?” “Oh, that is a good one!” the girl said. “Is it in Australia, where they say…

How to Play You will need 2-4 players, the game board, a dice, a gnome counter for each player, and 12 riddle cards. Download, print and cut out the counters and riddle cards from storytimemagazine.com/free. Shuffle the 12 riddle cards and place them face down next to the board. Each player should choose a gnome counter and put it on the START space. Players take turns rolling the dice and moving that many spaces along the path. The youngest player goes first! If you land on a space with a sheep on it, the player to your right picks up a card from the deck of riddle cards and reads you the riddle on it. If you get the answer right, you can move forward 3 more spaces! The first…

“I hope that’s not another giant, coming to steal our cattle!” he grumbled. He grabbed his sword, put on his coat of invisibility, and went out to see who was making that racket. He found a giant by the barn – the big fellow was peering inside. Jack took off his coat of invisibility and waved his sword at the giant. “Are you after our cattle again? I took care of Cormoran, Blunderbore, Hammerfist and Thunderdell when they made trouble, and I can take care of you, too!” “Oh, don’t worry about me!” the giant replied. “I’m Arbogal the vegetarian giant, and I’m looking for my hound!” Jack was surprised. “Where did you last see it?” he asked. The big fellow sighed. “I was taking him for a walk, but…

The three girls were skilled with a needle and thread, and liked to do embroidery. Each morning, when their father left the house, they would say to him, “Dearest Papa, please bring back some wildflowers that we can use to inspire our needlework!” The old man always did as they asked, but one day, he couldn’t find any wildflowers by the path. He ventured into the forest, where he came upon a pond with many blossoms growing beside it. The man picked some for his daughters – but he didn’t know that the pond was home to a fairy serpent! The magical creature came out of the water and wrapped his body around the old man, trapping him. “Who are you?” hissed the serpent. “And how dare you pick my…